Copy of Harper Lee Finch

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Harper Lee was born April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, AlabamaHarper Lee did not use her first name on 'To Kill A Mockingbird' because she didn't want Nelle to be pronounced NellieFUN FACTSLee used her mother's maiden name for her protagonist & her family in "To Kill A Mockingbird" (Finch).gets a job at a bookstore.In the evenings, she sat outside and wrote.We didn't think she was up to much.She said she was writing a book, andthat was that."""Dear Nelle, You have one year off from your job to write whatever you please. Merry Christmas."6 months later, Nelle arrived at publisher J. B. Lippinhoff & Co. to discuss her novel which was originally titled "Atticus".Harper Lee herself was a lot like the protagonist and narrator in the novel named Scout.Lee & Scout:Both learned to read before entering school.Both were tomboysAbandonedStorytellersHarper Lee FinchLee became interested in English Literature in High school.EducationHuntington CollegeUniversity of Alabama at TuscaloosaOxford UniversityNew York CityThe BrownsPublish me!"In the purely feminine aquifer of sorority life,she floated like a drop of motor oil''Harper Lee did not use her first name on "To Kill aMockingbird" because she didn't want "Nelle" to be pronounced "Nellie".The EndHarper Lee did not use her real name in "To Kill a Mockingbird" because she didn't want "Nelle" to be pronounced "Nellie"."The one thing that doesn'tabide by majority rule is apersons conscience."Quotes to think about"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."-Scout"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what."She went on to study at...In EnglandIn Montgomery, ALAfter college, Lee moved toWhile living in NY, she meets a very nice, rich family named...She winds up babysitting for them & even spends a Christmas with them when she can't go home because she has to work.-The Browns about LeeThen, that lonely Christmas, she receives a note from the Browns saying...Essentially, they pay for her expenses for a year so she can focus on writing her novel.both of their childhood best friends wereNot much is known about Lee because after her book became so famous, she quit doing interviews, stayed out of the public's eye, & never wrote another novel.The Author of "To Kill A Mockingbird"...In 1960, hernovel was renamed & published, becoming aninstant best-seller!Lee's mom was a hermit sufferingfrom a mental disease, while Scout'smother died when she is young, so she is also absent.Both has fatherswho were lawyers.Lee's father was a lawyer in a controversial case defending & black father &son accused of killing a whiteman. Both were hanged.